Cars vandalized at Bethel train station

Twice last week a vandal or vandals damaged cars there, Capt. Robert Cedergren said Tuesday, and on the same night one of the cars was damaged, a third car was stolen.

"The area is covered by surveillance equipment, and we expect to make progress in this investigation," Cry said.

The lot, which is located off Durant Avenue, is usually filled with the vehicles of New York-bound commuters during the day, but the vandalized and stole cars were left there overnight.

The first incident was reported Aug. 18, Cedergren said. The second occurred two days later. Nothing was reported stolen in the earlier break-in, and only items of "minor value" were taken in the second, he said.

Roger Cyr, a Newtown resident who takes the train to New York City every morning, said he noticed a wrench on the ground and broken glass next to a Subaru when he arrived at the station about 6:15 a.m. Aug. 18.

"You could tell the car had been there all night because there was still dew on the windows," he said.

Two days later, Cyr said, he heard other commuters discussing the second incident, which involved a Mercury Mariner parked in a handicapped spot.

Police couldn't say if the incidents are connected.

But Cedergren said that a Waterbury woman, whose name wasn't available, was picked up by Waterbury police while driving the stolen 1999 Chevrolet Lumina on Monday evening.